|
|
| Re: Retired R46's (1633863) | |||
 |
|||
| Home > SubChat | |||
|
[ Read Responses | Post a New Response | Return to the Index ] |
|
||
|
Re: Retired R46's |
|
|
Posted by randyo on Thu Jul 11 21:29:02 2024, in response to Re: Retired R46's, posted by Train Dude on Thu Jul 11 20:32:19 2024. I have mentioned this before but it is worth repeating. Back in 1969 I was a brand new M/M and on my way to Met to work and RDO on Myrtle. I lived in Wash Hgts near 168th St at the time and the T/D mentioned that the AA on the stand was his 131AM interval but he had no M/M for it. I notified the crew office of the situation and offered to work the AA run since I was there already giving them enough time to get someone to Met to work that run. It was OKed and the 131 departed 168th St at 135. Being a bit of a wild man at the controls I departed 168th with all deliberate (and non deliberate) speed. If you were standing outside the cab, you wouldn't even have heard the individual points on the controller as I accelerated. At that time the running time between 168th and Hudson term was 34 min. Despite leaving 168th 4 min late, I was outside Hudson Term at 200AM waiting for the track to clear so I could get in. 4 WH R-32s in perfect working order. |
|
|
|